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Economy down; Soft Skull’s sales up

It may be counterintuitive, but in an interview with Scott Esposito, Soft Skull Press publisher Richard Nash says that his company's sales were actually up last year, despite the persistence and scope of the global ... Read More »

February 2, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Inaugural poet bolsters small publisher

By Scott MacDonald

A small St.Paul, Minnesota-based publisher is hoping to reap big rewards in the wake of Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony yesterday. Graywolf Press is the publisher of poet Elizabeth Alexander, who wrote and recited the inauguration ... Read More »

January 21, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

British women writers get down ‘n’ dirty

By Steven W. Beattie

What do Fay Weldon, Kathy Lette, and Louise Doughty have in common with the Marquis de Sade, AnaÃ¯s Nin, and Georges Bataille? Stumped? They've all dipped their ink in the well of pornography. The Times ... Read More »

January 12, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Capes and tights save publishing

By Steven W. Beattie

Spider-Man has already saved incoming president Barack Obama; he's now poised to save the entire publishing industry. In the midst of the gigantic economic clusterfuck global financial meltdown at the end of 2008, one segment ... Read More »

January 12, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

GÃ¼nter Grass steps into the ring for his HMH editor

By Stuart Woods

One of the most surprising casualties of last month's carnage-strewn Black Wednesday was legendary 79-year-old editor Drenka Willen, who was coolly laid off from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt after nearly 30 years with the firm (as ... Read More »

January 9, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

NY publishers’ descent from the high life

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

In the New York Times, Motoko Rich looks at the dying glitz and glam of the publishing world, which, according to Rich, once "came with a milieu that mixed cultural swagger with pure Manhattan high ... Read More »

January 6, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

The bad news continues for U.S. publishers

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Black Wednesday saw three of the largest U.S. publishers announce massive layoffs and restructuring, and it seems there will be no end to these types of changes as the economy continues to spiral downward. Macmillan, ... Read More »

December 16, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

The Twilight guide to battling teen pregnancy

By Nathan Whitlock

The blog Whiskey Fire has directed us to a nutty column by someone named Dr. Miriam Grossman, who feels that Stephenie Myers' Twilight series has a lot to say on the subject of teen sex ... Read More »

December 10, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Break up with your book club

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

What happens when a book club's members are mismatched - when the majority wants pop-lit and Oprah's picks versus the classics, or when one member is found without an anecdote to contribute to a conversation ... Read More »

December 9, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Parsing Black Wednesday

By Stuart Woods

One of the worst weeks in U.S. publishing history has left the book trade facing a grim tally. Just to sum up, on Wednesday three of the biggest publishers south of the border announced massive ... Read More »

December 5, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

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